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| Dates | 18–22 February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 782.9 km (486.5 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 19h 46' 13" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Volta ao Algarve was the 41st running of the Volta ao Algarve road cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and took place from 18 to 22 February 2015 in the Algarve region of Portugal.[1]
The race consisted of five stages, including one summit finish (at Alto do Malhão) and one Individual time trial.[2] The defending champion was Michał Kwiatkowski of Etixx–Quick-Step, who won two stages of the 2014 Volta ao Algarve.
The 2015 race was won by Geraint Thomas of Team Sky. He took the lead with victory in a solo breakaway on stage 2, then defended his lead with third place in the time trial and fourth place on the summit finish. He ended the race 27 seconds ahead of Kwiatkowski, with Tiago Machado (Team Katusha) in third place. Thomas also won the points classification; his teammate Richie Porte won the summit finish and also the mountains classification.
In the other classifications, the young riders competition was won by Davide Formolo (Cannondale–Garmin), Machado won the Portuguese classification and Team Katusha won the team classification.
- ^ "Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta 2015 - General Classification". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Etapas". Voltaaoalgarve.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.